Archduke | Heir | Relationship to archduke and status | Became heir | Ceased to be heir | Next in line |
Leopold VI |
none, 1665-1667 |
Archduke Ferdinand Wenzel |
Son Heir apparent |
28 September 1667; born |
13 January 1668; died |
none |
none, 1668-1670 |
Archduke Johann Leopold |
Son Heir apparent |
20 February 1670; born and died |
none |
none, 1670-1678 |
Archduke Joseph |
Son Heir apparent |
26 July 1678; born |
5 May 1705; succeeded |
none, 1678-1684 |
Archduke Leopold Joseph 1682-1684, brother |
none, 1684-1685 |
Archduke Charles 1685-1700, brother |
Archduke Leopold Joseph 1700-1701, son |
Archduke Charles 1701-1705, brother |
Joseph I |
Archduke Charles |
Brother Heir presumptive |
5 May 1705; brother succeeded |
17 April 1711; succeeded |
none |
Charles III |
none, 1711-1713 |
Archduchess Maria Josepha |
Niece Heir presumptive |
19 April 1713; Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 |
13 April 1716; son born to Archduke |
Archduchess Maria Amalia sister |
Archduke Leopold Johann |
Son Heir apparent |
13 April 1716; born |
4 November 1716; died |
Archduchess Maria Josepha cousin |
Archduchess Maria Josepha |
Niece Heir presumptive |
4 November 1716; cousin died |
13 May 1717; daughter born to Archduke |
Archduchess Maria Amalia sister |
Archduchess Maria Theresa | Daughter Heir presumptive | 13 May 1717; born | 20 October 1740; succeeded | Archduchess Maria Josepha 1717–1718, cousin |
Archduchess Maria Anna 1718–1737, sister |
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth 1737–1740, daughter |
Archduchess Maria Anna 1740, daughter |
Maria Theresa and Francis I | Archduchess Maria Anna | Daughter Heir presumptive | 20 October 1740; mother succeeded | 13 March 1741; son born to Archduchess | Archduchess Maria Carolina 1740–1741, sister |
Archduchess Maria Anna 1741, aunt |
Archduke Joseph | Son Heir apparent | 13 March 1741; born | 18 August 1765; succeeded | Archduchess Maria Anna 1741–1745, sister |
Archduke Charles Joseph 1745–1761, brother |
Archduke Leopold 1761–1765, brother |
Maria Theresa and Joseph II | Pietro Leopoldo I of Tuscany | Son and Brother Heir presumptive | 18 August 1765; brother succeeded | 20 February 1790; succeeded | Archduke Ferdinand 1765–1768, brother |
Joseph II | Archduke Francis 1768–1790, son |
Leopold VII | Archduke Francis | Son Heir apparent | 20 February 1790; father succeeded | 1 March 1792; succeeded | Ferdinando III of Tuscany brother |
Francis II | Ferdinando III of Tuscany | Brother Heir presumptive | 1 March 1792; brother succeeded | 19 April 1793; son born to Archduke | Archduke Charles brother |
Archduke Ferdinand | Son Heir apparent | 19 April 1793; born | 11 August 1804; Archduchy replaced by Empire | Ferdinando III of Tuscany 1793–1799, uncle |
Archduke Joseph Franz 1799–1804, brother |